Common games you haven't played

Cafe Society
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What games ‘everyone plays/has played’ have you not played?

Risk
Diplomacy
Stratego
Cribbage
Backgammon

2

Any card game besides Old Maid, War and Go Fish.

3

The only one of those on your list I’ve played is Backgammon.
I’ve never played:
Twister
Candyland
Chutes and Ladders
Spades

I’m sure there are more.

4

Monopoly

5

Well, has everyone played dominoes? Not me.

6

I haven’t played any of the games below but my brothers really enjoyed Risk and Stratego.

Risk
Diplomacy
Stratego

I go back and forth between strategy games and mindless/entertainment games. When I’m stressed and want to take my mind off of something, I go for strategy. When I’m enjoying the company of friends/family I like the mindless games so I can visit more.

7

I’ve never even heard of Diplomacy.

Probably the most famous board game I’ve never played is Yahtzee! (sp?)

8

all of the above, and I’ve never heard of Stratego and Diplomacy. Card games?

Also poker, which i’m rather curious about, Spin the Bottle, Strip Anything or Trivial Pursuit. I know, it’s been a sheltered life…

9

I’ve also never heard of Diplomacy.

I never played Yathzee until I was in my 20’s.

I’ve never played Stratego either.

10

I’ve never played “Go”.

I don’t even know what Diplomacy is. Is it “common”?

11

I’ve never heard of Go, either.

And though I’ve played a zillion card games, I’ve never played War.

12

Ah such sheltered lives some people live. :cool:

Diplomacy is basically 7 people sitting around a table of 1900-era Europe and figuring
out various ways to gradually eliminate the competition until just one remains.
Involves discussions, secret deals, backstabs, the works. Mechanics of play are
rather simple, but the strategy is deep.

13

I’ve never played Go, either. I’ve been meaning to, though.

14

Clue. Dominoes. Go. Diplomacy.

15

I’ve played all the games mentioned so far, with Cribbage being the latest addition, as I only picked up on the game last year. I’ve only played Go a few times though, and don’t particularly care for Diplomacy, which I played maybe 5 times in High School. I wouldn’t say it’s a particularly well-known or common game either, except to the “gaming” crowd (I’d put it on a popular level with, say, Cosmic Encounter).

I am (or was) a fairly avid card player so I’ve played most of the major card games (Bridge, Poker, Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Gin, Rummy, Cassino, Cribbage, Crazy Eights), and of course any number of “kiddie” card games like Old Maid, Concentration, Spit, Bullsh*t, PIG or Spoons, but not (yet) Canasta or Pinochle.

I’m familiar with most major board games like Chess, Checkers, Chinese Chess, Chinese Checkers, Go, Backgammon and Parcheesi.

I never played “Clue” growing up, but did eventually play a few rounds in college at a “throwback” gaming party. Same with “Twister”.

16

Card games:
[ul]
[li]Bridge[/li][li]Canasta[/li][li]Cribbage[/li][li]Go Fish[/li][li]Old Maid[/li][li]Pinochle[/li][/ul]

Board games:
[ul]
[li]Backgammon[/li][li]Chutes and Ladders[/li][li]Parcheesi[/li][li]Twister[/li][/ul]

There are several games I have played but it’s been so long since I played them that I would need to be refreshed on the rules.

17

Yeah, bridge, canasta and pinochle, too. (I was almost an adult before I finally realized how “pinochle” was pronounced.)

18

I’ve never played Bridge or Canasta.

I played “Sorry!” for the first time on New Year’s Eve, and I’m 31 years old.

I hadn’t heard of Diplomacy until this thread, and I’ve never played Stratego, either.

19

I have the game, but never played it.

20

Stratego is a board game vaguely reminiscient of chess, but different pieces are only marked on one side, and a player sets up es pieces (with the marks facing him) however e chooses. So you can’t be sure which of your opponent’s pieces is which, and have to deduce it from the moves it makes.

And someone else asked about Go. I’m not entirely familiar with it, but it’s a Chinese board game played on a 19x19 grid. Players take turn placing stones on the board in an effort to surround other stones and capture them. It’s said to be more difficult to play well than chess, and the best computer players are roughly comperable to a 5-year-old human.

Does mancala count as common? I’ve known about it for a while, but only actually learned the rules and played it this past December.